Georgia NeSmith
1 min readFeb 29, 2020

Please tell me you didn’t just totally delete the files. I mean, take them off Medium…fine. It’s their space. But just delete?

I copy and paste all my twitter, FB, and various discussion responses into my Notes [Mac], where I can keyword search…and find dozens of ideas for Medium half written already.

I post a lot of threads on Twitter where I have a small but nonetheless respectable size for a “nobody” following of 6.8K. They end up on Medium. Revised, of course. Expanded, of course. I’m never lacking an idea for writing.

So…yes…you saved all that stuff for publishing elsewhere. Right? I didn’t get to read it.

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Georgia NeSmith
Georgia NeSmith

Written by Georgia NeSmith

Retired professor, feminist, writer, photographer, activist, grandmother of 5, overall Wise Woman. Phd UIA School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 1994.

Responses (1)

What are your thoughts?

Haha Unfortunately, nope.
I was more worried about being banned in a few hours and wasn’t able to get to my computer until after the banning deadline…so I just rushed through the phone app to delete everything.
Sucks but c’est la vie, I suppose.
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